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Definition of Psoai
1. psoas [n] - See also: psoas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psoai
Literary usage of Psoai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1885)
"The Direct Treatment of psoai Abscess with Caries of the Spine is the theme of
the next surgical paper. ..."
2. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene: Designed for the Colleges by Calvin Cutter (1858)
"... psoai, the loins.] The name of two muscles of the leg. PUL-MON'IC, ^ PUL'MO-NA-RY,
C [L. pulmo, the lungs,j PUL-MO-NA'LIS. J Belonging or relating to ..."
3. Medical diagnosis by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1866)
"... or on either flank are apt to be occasioned by some morbid growth of the kid
ney, or by an abscess in it or its surroundings, or in the psoai muscles. ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"The muscles involved in causing trauma are the diaphragm and its pillars (crura),
the psoai, and those of the ..."
5. Medical Review (1902)
"In mounting stairs the right thigh was adducted, since flexion wis imperfect
owing to paresis of the ileo-psoai There was also some talipes equino-varus ..."
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